Justøy Chapel ( no, Justøy kapell) is a

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of the

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in Lillesand Municipality in

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county,

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. It is located just north of the village of

Brekkestø Brekkestø is a small village on the southern coast of Norway. It is located on the island of Justøya within the municipality of Lillesand in Agder county, in the region known as Sørlandet. The village is mainly on Justøya, but there are hous ...

on the island of Justøya. It is an annex chapel in the Lillesand

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which is part of the

Vest-Nedenes prosti This list of churches in Agder og Telemark is a list of the Church of Norway churches in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark in Agder and Vestfold og Telemark counties in southern Norway. The diocese is based at the Kristiansand Cathedral in the cit ...

(

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) in the

Diocese of Agder og Telemark The Diocese of Agder og Telemark ( no, Agder og Telemark bispedømme) is a diocese of the Church of Norway, covering all of Agder county and most of Vestfold og Telemark county in Norway. The cathedral city is Kristiansand, Norway's fifth la ...

. The white, wooden chapel was built in a

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style in 1884 using designs by an unknown

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. The chapel seats about 150 people.

History

The building was constructed in 1884 as a prayer house on a plot of land donated by John Berge. The prayer house was

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d on 22 November 1884. In 1902, the prayer house was converted into a chapel. The entrance was moved to the east wall and a small tower on the roof was added. An architect named Holst led the renovations. The building was

d as an official chapel on 15 August 1902 by the

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. In 1923, an entry porch was added to the building. In 1962, the tower was rebuilt. In 1984, the old entry porch was torn down and replaced with a new entry porch.

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References

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